Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph. I still like records better than CDs. Note A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a ch...
(countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics. Vinyl Phonograph records as a medium. Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs. Vinyl A phonograph record. Vinyl (chemistry) Containing the vinyl radical. Vinyl Made of polyviny...
While something like syncopation may seem commonplace in today's music forms, particularly in jazz, the concept was quite unique to listeners in the early 20th century who were used to emphasis on beats. For those trying to keep rhythm with their bodies, the syncopation might be viewed as an...
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but sometimes it was not deliberate, just a casualty of the time/technology. Prior to radio, prior to a modern recording industry, and modern distribution services, prior to the technology of vinyl records themselves and phonographs on which to play those records, many voices remained local un...
Black men and women – long present in Europe – have long been overlooked as pioneering personalities in modern mass media. From the early years of the recording industry, people of African descent were featured on European phonograph cylinders, gramophone discs and in movies and still images. ...
Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records. — Elliott Carter 3 ...
A MIDI file is saved MIDI data that can be played back by a device. A MIDI file only contains the information about which notes to play, so it will sound different depending on the device that is playing it back. Because these files are very small, they were popular in early video gam...
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said on social media the upper part of his right ear was pierced in the shooting. Two spectators were critically injured, authorities said. The man killed was Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief from the area who Pennsylvania’s governo...
Hot on Barbie's heels, Chatty Cathy made her debut in 1961. The doll was powered by a phonograph record in her stomach and came with 11 prerecorded phrases. By the end of the year, she was the second most popular doll in the country after Barbie. ...